Garment-protector



(No Model.)

AfF. LANGDON.

GARMENT PROTECTOR.

No. 873,897. v Patented Nov. 29, 1887."

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR F. LANGDON, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,897, dated November 29, 188'].

Application filed September15,1887. Serial No. 249,766. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR F. LANGDON, of Hartford, Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Linen Protectors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,whereby any one can make and use the same.

My invention relates to the class of protect.

ors that are worn by individuals about the neck to prevent the collar, shirt, and cravat from becoming soiled; and its object is to provide a simple, cheap, and effective article of this class.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view-of the blank from which my improved protector is made. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the completed article with part broken away. Fig. 3 is a view of the protector bent as around the neck of a person and laid down to cover up the collar. Fig. 4 is a view on plane denoted by the section-line w m of Fig. 3.

The letter a denotes the band of the pro tector, which is cut, preferably from a soft textile fabric, of a shape and length that will easily encircle the neck of a person. In practicing my invention the lower edge of this band is usually stiffened, and this is accomplished by turning back a portion upon itself and stitching down the edge to form a pocket and inserting in this pocket a wire or thin strip, 1), of metal, celluloid, whalebone, or the like flexible inaFrial.

To t'lfi'edge' of the band a is attached the apron c, which apron is usually integral with the band and cut out of the same piece at the same time the latteris formed. The apron is somewhat longer and wider than the band and the middle is hollowed out, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned.

My article is more especially intended to be used by travelers and persons who are engaged in occupations Where dust and smut are liable to collect on and discolor the wearingapparel, particularly the collar, cravat, and shirt-bosom, which are easily soiled. Any one can prevent such soiling of the above articles .by inserting the band of one of my protectors around the neck between the collar and .the skin and pulling down the apron over the out side of the coat-collar, which it also protects.

If the band is stiffened, as before described, the tendency to. spring outward of the stiffening material retains the article in place, and at the same time holds the band away from the neck of the wearer and prevents the heating and choking of the same. The back of theapron is hollowed out, so that it will fit smoothly around the coat-collar, and the widened ends are provided to completely cover the necktie and front of the shirt that may be exposed.

When it is desired to prevent these ends from accidentally opening, one of them is provided with a button and the other with a corresponding hole, so they may be buttoned together across the breast of the wearer, and the ends 6 of the band may also have a fastening device, preferably one end having a T-shaped tongue and the other a T-shaped socket struck out inmaking but these are not essential to my invention.

My article is cheap, and is easily placed in position for use and removed when not required.

I claim as my invention 1. The herein-described linen-protector,

consisting, essentially, of the neckband portion a, constructed to embrace the neck of the wearer inside of the ordinary collar, and providedwith a spring constructed to encircle the neck, the said spring having a normal form s nearer straight than the curve of the neck, whereby the band is pressed from the neck of the wearer, and the apron portion, constructed to fold over the ordinary collar, substantially as set forth. 8

2. The herein-described linen -protect0r, consisting,-essentially, of the neckband portion with its spring, the said spring having a normal form nearer straight than the curve of the neck, whereby the band is pressed away 0 from the neck of the wearer, and the apron portion, projecting at each end beyond the band portion and forming flaps to overlap the necktie and shirt-front, substantially as set forth.

ARTHUR F. LANGDON.

Witnesses: H. R. WILLIAMS,

F. A. SMITH. 

